diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index 579af632c8e8e81bae602daa79afcb1b62363968..370cecc910db4b302144495a13311d3a2deb5401 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ struct file_system_type afs_fs_type = {
 static const struct super_operations afs_super_ops = {
 	.statfs		= afs_statfs,
 	.alloc_inode	= afs_alloc_inode,
-	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
 	.write_inode	= afs_write_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= afs_destroy_inode,
 	.clear_inode	= afs_clear_inode,